File:Egypt, Middle Predynastic Period, Naqada IIc-d periods - Decorated Jar with Boat Scenes - 1914.639 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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[edit]Decorated Jar with Boat Scenes
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Decorated Jar with Boat Scenes |
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| Object type | Vessels | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The decoration painted on this jar shows two multi-oared boats traveling through fertile riverbanks lined with trees and aloe bushes. Rows of triangles indicate the desert hills in the background. The Nile was Egypt's primary means of transportation and communication, since river traffic was far more efficient than travel by land. The concept of boat travel permeated all aspects of Egyptian life and religion. The sun god Ra was believed to travel by boat across the heavens by day and through the underworld by night. Funerary texts describe the trip to the afterlife as a journey by boat, and scenes of boats figured prominently in tomb decoration. |
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| Date | c. 3300-3100 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Marl clay pottery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Diameter: 28.2 cm (11 1/8 in.); Diameter of mouth: 15.2 cm (6 in.); Overall: 32 cm (12 5/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art |
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1914.639 |
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| Place of creation | Egypt, Middle Predynastic Period, Naqada IIc-d periods | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.639 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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